“The good thing is, the majority of [the Americans in Helsinki] were part of the 2002 world junior team with me. We hope it will get people interested in track. That's the plan -- to suck people in.”

“It's tough. For over a week it's been very tough fishing. I don't know what the story will be ultimately, but it needs to turn. I'm hoping they're going to be late.”

“There have been so many national disasters and tragedies this year and people have been giving as much as they can, but we'll hope they'll consider this a time to give in addition, not instead of.”

“Once you get those programs on their feet, you start to see the kids coming through who have experience and can step in. That's what we're hoping to accomplish.”

“I'm hoping as Sonny comes out, and the sun is 110 degrees in the shade, he explains how it works when you take local control away from the school board.”

“They had two really good teams those two years, but they've got a really good team this year. I'm hoping upstate this time they can really make a difference.”

“We really hope to see more people use our program. It's normal for a person to need help when they're trying to quit and that's what we're here for.”

“In our view, all communities of Iraq have won in these elections, all will have a strong voice in parliament. We hope the elections will be the start of a new process of strength and unity in Iraq.”

“I've been trying everything. My swing has been really inconsistent this year. Today I felt pretty good, so I hope it stays like that for a while.”

“We're hoping she can represent Coachella that she can increase the level of service we provide (our) members and therefore partner with the city to really enhance the business community.”